PULMONARY ALLESCHERIASIS
Authors: R E TRAVIS, E W ULRICH, S PHILLIPS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Case Reports1 January 1961PULMONARY ALLESCHERIASISRICHARD E. TRAVIS, M.D., ELIZABETH W. ULRICH, SAMUEL PHILLIPS, M.D., F.A.C.P.RICHARD E. TRAVIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ELIZABETH W. ULRICHSearch for more papers by this author, SAMUEL PHILLIPS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-1-141 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCertain fungus infections are usually found in association with other primary diseases. The most common of these are moniliasis, aspergillosis, and mucormycosis. According to Zimmerman,1 three factors may be responsible for the occurrence of these infections: a general state of increased susceptibility due to the primary disease; a local lesion, usually in the lungs or gastrointestinal tract, which the fungus can use as a portal of entry; and an ecologic disturbance, brought about by various antibiotics, the corticosteroids, and perhaps other drugs used in the treatment of the primary disease or its complications.Our case appears to be a good...Bibliography1. Zimmerman LE: Fatal fungus infections complicating other diseases. Amer. J. Clin. Path. 25: 46, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Conant NF: Medical mycology. In Bacterial and mycotic infections of man. Edited by Dubois, R. J., 2nd Ed., 1952, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, p. 681. Google Scholar3. Ajello L: Isolation of Allescheria boydii shear, an etiologic agent of mycetomas, from soil. Amer. J. Trop. Med. 1: 227, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Memphis, Tennessee*Received for publication July 31, 1959.From the Pulmonary Disease and Laboratory Services, Veterans Administration Medical Teaching Group Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.†Medical technician.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Richard E. Travis, M.D., Pulmonary Disease Service, Veterans Administration Medical Teaching Group Hospital, Park Avenue and Getwell Street, Memphis 15, Tennessee. 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